ESPN's College GameDay will be in Pasadena, California to preview the Oregon Ducks and the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. The show's cast of Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban, Desmond Howard, and Pat McAfee will preview the College Football Playoff.

Rose Bowl Game promises to be a historic event as it hosts the first-ever College Football Playoff (CFP) Quarterfinal in Pasadena. The No. 1-ranked Oregon Ducks, fresh off

While Dillon Gabriel, Tez Johnson and others get the spotlight for Oregon football, several Ducks have flown under the radar in the run to the CFP.

The Ohio State defense has been playing lights out since the match-up with the Ducks, giving up less than 12 points per game and the secondary hasn’t allowed a passing touchdown since that day in Autzen Stadium. On the other side, the Bucks are a patchwork on the offensive line. The unit has performed well at times. Other times, not so much.

Ohio State's defense took a lot of heat for its lapses in an October loss at Oregon. What's different for the Buckeyes in the Playoff?

Ohio State will get their rare chance to exact revenge over Oregon when the two teams meet in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. We all know what happened in the first meeting between these two teams.